Historical Records of the Forty-third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry: With a Roll of the Officers and Their Services from the Period of Embodiment to the Close of 1867W. Clowes, 1868 - 352 sider |
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... taken from them in 1755 by Colonel , afterwards General Monckton . The fortress , however , was but a miserable affair ; the bastions formed of square timbers , and round the scarp below the parapet was a frize or row of pointed pickets ...
... taken from them in 1755 by Colonel , afterwards General Monckton . The fortress , however , was but a miserable affair ; the bastions formed of square timbers , and round the scarp below the parapet was a frize or row of pointed pickets ...
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... taken prisoners . Instantaneous pursuit was ordered , to recover the prisoners . Townsmen also volun- teered , and tracked the French for two miles by blood from the prisoners ' wounds . Having been enjoined by the Colonel not too ...
... taken prisoners . Instantaneous pursuit was ordered , to recover the prisoners . Townsmen also volun- teered , and tracked the French for two miles by blood from the prisoners ' wounds . Having been enjoined by the Colonel not too ...
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... taken possession of the Island of Coudre and proceeded to that of Orleans . On the 27th they landed on the Isle of Orleans ; Wolfe , accompanied by Major M'Kellar of the Engineers , proceed- ing alone to reconnoitre . He found the ...
... taken possession of the Island of Coudre and proceeded to that of Orleans . On the 27th they landed on the Isle of Orleans ; Wolfe , accompanied by Major M'Kellar of the Engineers , proceed- ing alone to reconnoitre . He found the ...
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... taken , were ordered to edge into the cove and attack the enemy's armed craft . At the same time , to mislead the enemy who turned out in great strength , the troops were rowed up and down as if intend- ing to land at different places ...
... taken , were ordered to edge into the cove and attack the enemy's armed craft . At the same time , to mislead the enemy who turned out in great strength , the troops were rowed up and down as if intend- ing to land at different places ...
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... taken prisoners , conscious of their own in- human behaviour to ours under similar misfortune , enter- tained strong apprehensions of being harshly treated ; with raised hats they piteously sued for quarter , repeatedly asseverating ...
... taken prisoners , conscious of their own in- human behaviour to ours under similar misfortune , enter- tained strong apprehensions of being harshly treated ; with raised hats they piteously sued for quarter , repeatedly asseverating ...
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43rd Light Infantry action Adjutant appointed April arms army artillery attack Badajoz batteries battle battle of Salamanca battles of Vittoria Brevet-Major Brigade British buglers Busaco campaign Captain Captain-Lieutenant capture cavalry Charles Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel column command companies corps Corunna despatch detachment died Dragoons embarked enemy enemy's Ensign exchanged to h.-p expedition to Copenhagen fire force French Fuentes d'Onoro garrison Gate Pa George grenadiers Guards guns hill James July June Kaffir Kaffir war killed Kirwee Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Light Division Lord Wellington Major Major-General medal and clasps Militia Napier Nive Nivelle officers ordered Orleans party Peninsula placed h.-p placed on h.-p Portugal present prisoners Quebec rank and file redoubt Regt retired retreat Rifles river Sabugal Salamanca Sept sergeants Served severely wounded shot siege skirmishers soldiers storming Thomas Toulouse town troops unattached Vimiero Vittoria West Indies William Zealand war
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Side 117 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Side 117 - But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Side 117 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Side 250 - WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Side 28 - I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility. They are all of opinion, that (as more ships and provisions have now got above the town) they should try, by conveying up a corps of four or five thousand men (which is nearly the whole strength of the army, after the Points of Levi and Orleans are left in...
Side 80 - If the enemy should be tempted to meet the army on its march, the general particularly enjoins the troops to place their principal reliance on the bayonet, that they may prove the vanity of the boast, which the British make of their peculiar prowess, in deciding battles with that weapon.
Side 251 - To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne ; even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on His throne.
Side 28 - In this situation, there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain, I know, require the most vigorous measures ; but then the courage of a handful of brave men should be exerted only where there is some hope of a favourable event.
Side 117 - But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed...
Side 126 - Regiments, and immediately took charge of the outposts. These troops, after a march of twenty miles, were in bivouac near Malpartida de Placenzia when the alarm caused by the Spanish fugitives spread to that part.